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Halfway House (other)
A halfway house is a community-release institution for prisoners Halfway house may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film * ''The Halfway House'', a 1944 British film starring Mervyn Johns * The Halfway House (2004 film), ''The Halfway House'' (2004 film), a film starring Mary Woronov Music * Halfway House (album), ''Halfway House'' (album), a 2008 album by Joe Budden * "Halfway House", a song from the 1985 album ''Rhythm & Romance (Rosanne Cash album), Rhythm & Romance'' * "Halfway House", a song from ''Volume 1 (CKY album), Volume 1'' Literature * Halfway House (novel), ''Halfway House'' (novel), a mystery novel by Ellery Queen Places Canada * Halfway House Corner, Ontario, small community in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada England * Halfway House, Shropshire, village in Shropshire, England * Half-Way House, West Ealing, a coaching inn * Halfway Houses, Greater Manchester, a List of United Kingdom locations: Ha-Ham#Hak-Hal, location in the United Kingdom * Halfway Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halfway House
A halfway house is an institute for people with criminal backgrounds or substance use disorder problems to learn (or relearn) the necessary skills to re-integrate into society and better support and care for themselves. As well as serving as a residence, halfway houses provide social, medical, psychiatric, educational, and other similar services. They are termed "halfway houses" due to their being halfway between completely independent living and in-patient or carceral facilities, where residents are highly restricted in their behavior and freedoms. The term has been used in the United States since at least the Temperance Movement of the 1840s. Types Halfway houses in the US generally fall into one of two models. In one model, upon admission, a patient is classified as to the type of disability, ability to reintegrate into society, and expected time frame for doing so. They may be placed into an open bay same-sex dormitory similar to that found in military basic training, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
